Harper Collins All Hell Let Loose: The World At War 1939-1945

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A masterful history of the greatest and most terrible event in history, by one of the finest historians of World War II.

A book that illustrates the impact of war on hundreds of millions of people around the world—soldiers, sailors, and airmen

housewives, farmworkers, and children.

Drawing on Max Hastings’s thirty-five years of research on World War II, *All Hell Let Loose* describes the course of events but focuses primarily on the human experience, which varied immensely from campaign to campaign and from continent to continent.

The author emphasizes the Russian front, where more than 90% of all German soldiers who perished met their fate.

He argues that, while Hitler’s army often fought its battles brilliantly, the Nazis conducted their war effort with “stunning incompetence.”

He suggests that the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy were their respective countries’ outstanding fighting forces, while the United States’ industrial contribution was far more crucial to the Allied victory than that of the U.S. Army.

The book spans a vast scope, from the agony of Poland during the Nazi invasion of September 1939 to the 1943 Bengal famine, in which at least one million people died under British rule—and due to British neglect.

Among many vignettes are the RAF’s legendary raid on the Ruhr dams, the horrors of Arctic convoys, desert tank battles, and jungle skirmishes.

Some of Hastings’s insights and judgments will surprise students of the conflict, while the book offers vivid descriptions of the tragedies and triumphs of a host of ordinary people, both in uniform and out.

“The cliché is profoundly true,” he says.

“The world between 1939 and 1945 saw some human beings sink to the depths of baseness, while others rose to the heights of courage and nobility.”

This is “everyman’s story,” an attempt to answer the question: “What was the Second World War like?” and also an overview of the big picture.

Max Hastings employs the technique that has made many of his previous books bestsellers, combining top-down analysis and bottom-up testimony to explore the meaning of this vast conflict both for its participants and for posterity.

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• Barcode No: 9780007450725
• Origin: GB